When the ACC decided earlier this summer it was going to change its 2020 football calendar and delay the start of the regular season, Dabo Swinney took his first plan for the new season and ripped it up.
“I feel like I have my PHD in planning,” the Clemson head coach said jokingly after Tuesday’s situational scrimmage at Memorial Stadium.
The Tigers broke camp after Tuesday’s practice, with more than three weeks for their season-opener at Wake Forest on Sept. 12. Why did they break camp so early? They start classes Wednesday so the they begin their 20-hour mandatory football schedule required by the NCAA.